pretty voile blankets

One thing I’ve really been enjoying making is baby blankets. My absolute favorites are these made from fabulous Anna Maria Horner voiles and flannels. Truly a perfect match!

I’ve actually wanted to try these out ever since Anna Maria posted about them here, but at that time, I had no reason to make tiny little blankets. So of course, as soon as I found out I was pregnant, I returned to her post to drool over these blankets.

I made the first three a couple months ago, before we knew it would be a boy, and as it turns out, there are a couple which may just be the wrong colors for what we need (oops!). I decided to remedy that this weekend, stopping over at Nido for a couple extra yards of voile in blues and greens.

My favorite so far might be this blue one, using one of the new voile prints paired with this great solid blue flannel. [The flannel is by Robert Kaufman (purchased at Purl Soho) and is quite possibly the nicest solid flannel I’ve felt in quite some time (and it comes in lots of great colors!)]

I really can’t say enough about this voile/flannel combo – it’s soft on one side, silky on the other, and has a really great weight. I can’t help but think I need to piece together some voile and flannels to make one in my size!

I made a bunch of these too. This was actually one of my first sewing projects, ever. Check out my wonky binding! I’m so envious of your perfect top stitching. I just couldn’t make it work with the machine blindstiching it all by hand.

ok, maybe a dumb question. I know you put the two pieces, wrong side together, baste the edges, then put on the binding. Don’t the two fabrics slide on each other?? On a quilt, you quilt the sandwich together, nothing comes apart. Is there a step I am missing? My best buddy is having a girl, and I would love to make a couple special receiving blankets…
Sophia
p.s. congrats on the pregnancy Ashley!!! 🙂

Those are gorgeous! Don’t be afraid to use pinks for your boy, though! My two boys have some pink items and like them very much. My 5 year old recently explained to my mom that “pink is just red with some white mixed in.”

These are wonderful – I fell in love with them when they were featured on her blog as well. I think I definitely need to make an adult sized one! I was wondering about what you did for the binding as well….

It looks like you’ve started to nest. The little blankets are beautiful. You will love having a baby boy, and grown son. We have one child, a 12-year old boy. You will find that your son will be a wonderfully sweet companion, fully supportive of your nurturing craft. I made my first quilt (a traditional Provence “vanne”; I’m French) when my son was 10-month old. Enjoy the moment Ashley.

I have loved making this type of blanket for over 12 years now. I received one as a gift from my sister’s MIL and copied it immediately! One yard of super snuggly flannel + one yard of fun cotton print = One great baby blanket 🙂 Since they’re just a bit bigger than traditional receiving blankets, they are perfect for swaddling a 2 – 3 month old. They also make superb play blankets and help protect my rugs and carpets from baby urp. All of my babies have outgrown mine 🙁 But maybe the next batch of kiddos will be small enough 🙂

I’m a long-time lurker, but not sure I have ever commented. I love “girly” colors for boys, too, and I hope you’re going to keep the red-pinky-purple ones and still use them for your son, they’re beautiful! My husband looks best in purple, a fact he’d never have known if his mama stuck to blue and green.

So I say keep ’em all, and see if pinky-purple is your boy’s “color” too 🙂

I love love these little blankies. I have been eying AMH’s flannels for a while to make little (or big) blankets and now you’ve inspired me to get on it! Congrats on the little boy and I hope that all goes well.